2004 San Diego Chargers season

San Diego Chargers
2004 San Diego Chargers season
Head coach	Marty Schottenheimer
General manager	A.J. Smith
Owner	Alex Spanos
Home field	Qualcomm Stadium
Results
Record	12–4
Division place	1st AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) (20–17 OT)
Pro Bowlers	RB LaDainian Tomlinson; QB Drew Brees; TE Antonio Gates

The 2004 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 4–12 record in 2003. They finished the regular season 12–4 and made the playoffs for the first time in nine years, as it was the team’s first division title since the 1994 season. In the playoffs they lost in overtime to the New York Jets. At the end of the season Marty Schottenheimer was named NFL Coach of the Year.

Offseason

NFL draft

With the first pick overall, the Chargers drafted Eli Manning. Manning would be traded to the New York Giants in exchange for Philip Rivers and several draft picks.

Round	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	Eli Manning ^{(traded to New York Giants for Philip Rivers, plus the Giants 3rd round pick of the same year and their 1st and 5th round picks in the 2005 draft.)}	Quarterback	Ole Miss
2	Igor Olshansky	Defensive Tackle	Oregon

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Personnel

Staff

2004 San Diego Chargers staff

Front office

Owner – Alex Spanos
President/Chief Executive Officer – Dean Spanos
Executive Vice President – Michael Spanos
Executive Vice President/General Manager – A. J. Smith
Assistant General Manager/Director of Player Personnel – Buddy Nix
Vice President of Football Operations – Ed McGuire
Director of College Scouting – Jimmy Raye
Director of Pro Scouting – Fran Foley

Head coaches

Head Coach – Marty Schottenheimer
Assistant Head Coach – Tim Brewster

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Cam Cameron
Quarterbacks – Brian Schottenheimer
Running Backs – Clarence Shelmon
Wide Receivers – James Lofton
Tight Ends – Tim Brewster
Offensive Line – Hudson Houck
Offensive Assistant/Quality Control – Pete Carmichael, Jr.

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Wade Phillips
Defensive Line – Wayne Nunnely
Linebackers – Greg Manusky
Secondary – Brian Stewart
Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – John Pagano

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Steve Crosby

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Dave Redding
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Matt Schiotz

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Roster

2004 San Diego Chargers final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

54 Stephen Cooper ILB
59 Donnie Edwards OLB
53 Steve Foley
58 Randall Godfrey OLB
51 Ben Leber OLB
52 Carlos Polk ILB
56 Matt Wilhelm ILB
57 Zeke Moreno ILB
95 Shaun Phillips OLB

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists

Practice squad

Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

In addition to their regular games with AFC West rivals, the Chargers played games against the AFC South and NFC South as per the schedule rotation, and also played against the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns who finished fourth in the other AFC divisions in 2003.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	TV	Attendance
1	September 12, 2004	at Houston Texans	W 27–20	CBS	70,255
2	September 19, 2004	New York Jets	L 34–28	CBS	57,310
3	September 26, 2004	at Denver Broncos	L 23–13	CBS	74,553
4	October 3, 2004	Tennessee Titans	W 38–17	CBS	54,006
5	October 10, 2004	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 34–21	CBS	52,101
6	October 17, 2004	at Atlanta Falcons	L 21–20	CBS	70,187
7	October 24, 2004	at Carolina Panthers	W 17–6	CBS	73,096
8	October 31, 2004	Oakland Raiders	W 42–14	CBS	66,210
9	November 7, 2004	New Orleans Saints	W 43–17	FOX	59,662
10	Bye
11	November 21, 2004	at Oakland Raiders	W 23–17	CBS	46,905
12	November 28, 2004	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 34–31	CBS	77,447
13	December 5, 2004	Denver Broncos	W 20–17	CBS	65,395
14	December 12, 2004	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 31–24	FOX	65,858
15	December 19, 2004	at Cleveland Browns	W 21–0	CBS	72,489
16	December 26, 2004	at Indianapolis Colts	L 34–31 (OT)	CBS	57,330
17	January 2, 2005	Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–17	CBS	64,920

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽⁴⁾ San Diego Chargers	12	4	0	.750	5–1	9–3	446	313	W1
⁽⁶⁾ Denver Broncos	10	6	0	.625	3–3	7–5	381	304	W2
Kansas City Chiefs	7	9	0	.438	3–3	6–6	483	435	L1
Oakland Raiders	5	11	0	.313	1–5	3–9	320	422	L2

Game summaries

Week 1: at Houston Texans

Week 2: vs. New York Jets

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	14	3	10	7	34
Chargers	0	7	7	14	28

Date: September 19
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 73 °F (22.8 °C), humidity 67 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)

Source:

Week 3: at Denver Broncos

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chargers	3	0	7	3	13
• Broncos	7	6	7	3	23

Date: September 26
Location: Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, CO
Game weather: 73 °F (22.8 °C), humidity 26 percent, wind 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)

Source:

Week 4: vs. Tennessee Titans

	1	2	3	4	Total
Titans	0	7	0	10	17
• Chargers	7	14	3	14	38

Date: October 3
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 74 °F (23.3 °C), humidity 69 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)

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Week 5: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	7	0	14	21
• Chargers	14	7	6	7	34

Date: October 10
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), humidity 76 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)

Source:

Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chargers	0	14	3	3	20
• Falcons	0	7	0	14	21

Date: October 17
Location: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Game weather: none (domed stadium)

Source:

This was the first time in their history, the Chargers beat the Falcons.

Week 7: at Carolina Panthers

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Chargers	0	0	10	7	17
Panthers	6	0	0	0	6

Date: October 24
Location: Ericsson Stadium, Charlotte, NC
Game weather: 58 °F (14.4 °C), humidity 90 percent, wind 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)

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Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	7	7	0	14
• Chargers	14	14	14	0	42

Date: October 31
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 69 °F (20.6 °C), humidity 57 percent, wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)

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Week 9: vs. New Orleans Saints

	1	2	3	4	Total
Saints	0	7	0	10	17
• Chargers	14	6	16	7	43

Date: November 7
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 63 °F (17.2 °C), humidity 78 percent, wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)

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Week 11: at Oakland Raiders

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Chargers	6	7	3	7	23
Raiders	0	7	7	3	17

Date: November 21
Location: McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Game weather: 61 °F (16.1 °C), humidity 28 percent, wind 18 miles per hour (29 km/h; 16 kn)

Source:

Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Chargers	7	7	3	17	34
Chiefs	7	10	0	14	31

Date: November 28
Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Game weather: 35 °F (1.7 °C), humidity 75 percent, wind 14 miles per hour (23 km/h; 12 kn)

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Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	7	0	10	17
• Chargers	7	10	3	0	20

Date: December 5
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 58 °F (14.4 °C), humidity 77 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)

Source:

Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	7	7	10	24
• Chargers	0	14	7	10	31

Date: December 12
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 69 °F (20.6 °C), humidity 63 percent, wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)

Source:

Week 15: at Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Chargers	7	7	7	0	21
Browns	0	0	0	0	0

Date: December 19
Location: Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, OH
Game weather: 18 °F (−7.8 °C), humidity 68 percent, wind 30 miles per hour (48 km/h; 26 kn), wind chill −10 °F or −23.3 °C

Source:

San Diego clinches its first division title since 1994.

Week 16: at Indianapolis Colts

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Chargers	7	10	7	7	0	31
• Colts	0	9	7	15	3	34

Date: December 26
Location: RCA Dome, Indianapolis, IN
Game weather: none (domed stadium)

Source:

Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	0	3	0	14	17
• Chargers	3	14	0	7	24

Date: January 2
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C), humidity 87 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)

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Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	TV	Attendance
Wildcard	January 8, 2005	New York Jets	L 20–17	ABC	67,536

Game summaries

Wild Card: vs. New York Jets

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Jets	0	7	10	0	3	20
Chargers	0	7	0	10	0	17

Date: January 8
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game weather: 55 °F (12.8 °C), humidity 86 percent, wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)

Source:

References

↑ 2004 NFL Draft Results – Round 1
↑ 2012 San Diego Chargers Media Guide. pp. 263–264. Retrieved October 28, 2014.

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[1] 2004 NFL Draft Results – Round 1

[2] 2012 San Diego Chargers Media Guide. pp. 263–264. Retrieved October 28, 2014.

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2004 San Diego Chargers season

Offseason

NFL draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1: at Houston Texans

Week 2: vs. New York Jets

Week 3: at Denver Broncos

Week 4: vs. Tennessee Titans

Week 5: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 7: at Carolina Panthers

Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 9: vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 11: at Oakland Raiders

Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 15: at Cleveland Browns

Week 16: at Indianapolis Colts

Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Playoffs

Game summaries

Wild Card: vs. New York Jets

See also

References